Alan Cason

Practice Areas

Alan Cason has served as bond counsel and counsel to issuers, underwriters, borrowers, developers and trustees on numerous tax-exempt and taxable bond issues and private financings in Maryland and elsewhere. He has served as lead counsel in some of Maryland’s largest project financings, including transactions involving hotel, convention center and retail facilities, public infrastructure including P3 projects, continuing care retirement communities,_ solid waste disposal,_ student housing and affordable housing.

Alan served as bond counsel and transaction counsel for Baltimore City in connection with its publicly financed, publicly owned $300,000,000 Baltimore Hilton convention center hotel adjacent to Orioles Park at Camden Yards. He also represents the developer of National Harbor located along the Potomac River in connection with infrastructure financing. In addition, he served as underwriter’s counsel on the financing of PPG Paints Arena, the 18,300-seat arena of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.

Alan is nationally recognized in land-based infrastructure transactions, including special tax district, community development authority and tax increment (TIF) revenue bonds. He serves as bond counsel for Baltimore City’s $660 million Port Covington/Baltimore Peninsula bond issuances and Howard County, Maryland’s Downtown Columbia TIF bonds.

Alan also has extensive experience in municipal law, state and local government relations and economic development matters. He has testified before Senate and House of Delegates committees of the Maryland General Assembly on legislation concerning local governments and economic development tools.